I have tried to get some really LIVE rock online from a few places and normally it looks like its been in a sump for 6 months before shipping. It is still live rock but in the advertised pictures they look much different. Where did you order from?Probably not what you're looking for but I bought live reef sand from Florida and a few live rock to speed up the maturation of my tank and I have little feather dusters popping up in my sand bed and they are growing surprisingly quickly.
Tampa Bay Saltwater. You can just add live sand to your sand bed if you have one.I have tried to get some really LIVE rock online from a few places and normally it looks like its been in a sump for 6 months before shipping. It is still live rock but in the advertised pictures they look much different. Where did you order from?